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Edwin Ashimwe

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A view of Kigali city's business district.Standard & Poor Global Ratings, has revised Rwanda’s growth to stable from negative, citing the country’s ease of fiscal pressures and low debt servicing costs. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Global rating body revises Rwanda’s growth prospects to stable

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Prof Jean Bosco Harelimana was removed from his duties as Director General of Rwanda Cooperative Agency (RCA), owing to managerial failure. File

PM Ngirente drops RCA boss

Sunday, January 29, 2023

President of the African Development Bank Group Akinwumi Adesina delivers remarks during the second Africa food summit in Dakar, Senegal on January 25, 2023. Courtesy

AfDB pledges $10 billion to Africa’s food sovereignty

Thursday, January 26, 2023

Kigali city's business District. East Africa is expected to record a much lower price increase rate of approximately 5.4 per cent in 2023. File

Regional inflation rates to ease significantly - AfDB

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente has arrived in Dakar for the 2nd edition of the Dakar Summit on agriculture and agribusiness, on January 25. Courtesy

PM in Dakar ahead of continental food sovereignty summit

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Some of the newly settled congolese refugees who fled to Rwanda last week, at Nkamira transit Center in Rubavu on January 23. According to UNHCR, almost 3,000 new arrivals from DRC have fled to Rwanda.

DR Congo crisis: UN re-echoes possible Genocide in Kivu

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

CP John Bosco Kabera, the spokesperson of the Rwanda National Police. File

Police confirms shooting of smuggler in Nyagatare

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Ozonnia Ojielo, the One UN Resident Coordinator in Rwanda. Courtesy

Rwanda has made huge progress in achieving SDGs targets - UN Resident Coordinator

Monday, January 23, 2023

The electronic billing machine (EBM) has helped taxpayers to easily calculate taxes. Data from RRA indicates that at least 90,000 registered tax payers use the EBM, a number that could be doubled if the bill is enacted. Sam Ngendahimana

Consumers poised for 10% in new VAT tax incentive

Sunday, January 22, 2023

President Paul Kagame addresses delegates during the African conference for peace, that is underway in Nouakchott, Mauritania on Wednesday, January 18. Photo by Village Urugwiro

Preserving peace is a collective effort - Kagame

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

President William Ruto speaks to members of the East Africa Community council of ministers, during a meeting he hosted in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday, January 17. Courtesy

Ruto, EAC ministers pledge to end trade barriers

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Clare Akamanzi, the Rwanda Development Board Chief Executive speaks at a panel discussion at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, January 17. Courtesy

WEF 2023: Rwandan delegation woos investors in Davos

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Nyamagabe Correctional Facility has the capacity to accommodate 1,000 female. Courtesy

500 inmates moved to new Nyamagabe women-only correctional facility

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Eliane Ubalijoro, the new Chief Executive Officer of the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry. Courtesy

Rwanda’s Ubalijoro to head global forestry agency

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Rwanda Development Board Chief Executive Officer Clare Akamanzi during an interview at the World Economic Forum that kicked off on Monday, January 16, in Davos, Switzerland. Courtesy (1)

World Economic Forum to focus on climate crisis, Covid-19 recovery

Monday, January 16, 2023

Rwanda Revenue Authority will waive Rwf27 billion this year as the government eases the current tax rates in ongoing reforms. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Gov’t to forego Rwf27b in tax following reforms

Monday, January 16, 2023

Passengers board RwandAir's plane at Kigali International Airport in 2020. President Paul Kagame has asked the Prime Minister to put restrictions on unnecessary foreign travel by public servants. File

Gov’t to restrict public servants’ foreign trips

Monday, January 09, 2023

Interior view of one of the Sextanio Lodge’s huts at Nkombo Island in Rusizi District. The infrastructure is built in a vernacular style with bamboo, and straw-like structures, to depict Rwandan traditional hut. According to the owners, the Rwf250 million facility is set to be unveiled by February 2023. Photo: Courtesy.

Multi-million Italian hotel in Nkombo to boost tourism

Monday, January 09, 2023